VICTORIAN ERA By Blessing , Funke and

Sapphire
 CLASS IN THE VICTORIAN
ERA
The social classes during this Era is upper
class, middle class and lower class. People
who were in the upper class did not need to
do any hard labour they were landowners.
They would hire people who were in the
lower class to work for them.
. The class system defined the woman during
this time. There were four main classes that
all women were divided into: gentry, middle
class, upper working classes, and the lower
working class. The highest classes that were
well respected were the gentry and the
nobility class.
 CHRISTMAS IN VICTORIAN
ERA
In the early years of Queen Victorians reign,
the royal family would usually celebrate at
Windsor Castle. However, after her husband
died, they started celebrating at Osborne. Their
holiday home on the Isle of Wight. They would
decorate trees. Trees for the royals were
decorated with candles, trinkets and the
interiors filled with evergreen decorations.
They would eat turkey or a festive bird for
dinner. They would then usually have
Christmas pudding and Queen Victoria would
usually add some alcohol to the pudding.
Queen Victoria also gave gifts to her servants
as a time to show gratitude.
 WORKHOUSES IN THE
VICTORIAN ERA
The Victorian Workhouse was an institution that
was intended to provide work and shelter for people
in poverty who had no means to support
themselves.
The women mostly did domestic jobs such as
cleaning, or helping in the kitchen or laundry. Some
workhouses had workshops for sewing, spinning
and weaving or other local trades.
Punishments made by the master and the board
included sending people to the refractory ward, and
for children, slaps with the rod; or for more serious
offences inmates were sent to the Petty Sessions
and in some cases jailed for a period of time.
 POVERTY IN THE VICTORIAN
ERA
A poor Victorian family would have lived in a
very small house with only a couple of rooms on
each floor. The very poorest families had to
make do with even less - some houses were
home to two, three or even four families. The
houses would share toilets and water, which they
could get from a pump or a well.
The air pollution at this time was horrendous to
the point were people would be suffering and
because they couldn’t afford health care many of
the poorer population ended up dying at young
ages.
 LONDON IN THE VICTORIAN
ERA
In the 19th century, London was the capital of
the largest empire the world had known. It was
especially famous for how filthy it was. It had
people choking and sooty fogs which was a
blackish fog caused by air pollution it was full
of poisonous gas. The Thames river was full of
dump and trash caused by people and the
streets were full of disgusting mud and horse
dung as there were many horses working in
London. There were horribly overcrowded
slums full of people. The population increased
immensely during the 19th century.
 CHILDREN IN THE VICTORIAN
ERA
What were Victorian schools like?
At the start of the Victorian period, very few
children went to school. Wealthy children were
often taught at home by a governess. Wealthy boys
were sometimes sent to public school when they
were ten. Girls from these families stayed at home
and were taught skills such as cooking, sewing and
how to play musical instruments.

Children from poorer communities often worked

in factories and on farms. The 1833 Factory Act
made education a right for all children. But poor
families often needed their children to work and
earn money for the family, so they couldn't go to
school.